Minutes of the 2010 470 Internationale General Assembly Meeting Held on 10 July 2010 at the International Sailing Centre the Hague, the Netherlands
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Minutes of the 2010 470 Internationale General Assembly Meeting held on 10 July 2010 at the International Sailing Centre The Hague, The Netherlands Minute Contents 1. WELCOME AND REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 2 2. REPORT OF THE AD-HOC COMMITTEE 3 3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 2009 GENERAL ASSEMBLY (a) Approval of Minutes 3 (b) By-Law Article 4.3 3 4. MANAGEMENT REPORTS (a) President's Report 3 (b) Technical Committee Chairman Report 3 (c) Promotional and Development Report 4 (d) Class Championships Report 4 (e) Class Administration Report 4 (f) Treasurer's Report 5 (g) Auditor's Report 5 (h) Approval of Management Committee Activities 5 (i) Approval of Accounts 2009 5 5. ELECTION OF KEVIN BURNHAM 5 6. APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS 5 7. PROJECT 2016 6 8. PLANS FOR COMING YEARS 6 (a) Financial Issues 6 (b) Technical issues 7 (c) Sport issues 9 9. ANY OTHER BUSINESS 11 Supporting Papers All papers are available to NCAs on request: Item 3(b) – By-Laws Change Item 4(a) - Report of the President *Item 4(b) - Report of the Technical Committee Chairman Item 4(c) - Report of MC Members in charge of Promotion and Development Item 4(d) – Report of the Secretary General and Class Championship Organization Chart Item 4(e) - Report of the Secretary General and Class Manager Item 4(f) - Accounts for 2009 and provisional Accounts 2010 Item 4(g) - Auditor's Report * Item 8(a)(i) – 2010 Revised Budget * Item 8(a)(ii) – 2011 Budget Item 8(a)(iii) – Annual Fees Item 8(a)(iv) – Sail Stickers Item 8(a)(v) – Submissions from BUL, GRE, ROU (Note: these were all withdrawn at the GAM) Item 8(b)(ii) – Submissions from GRE for Class Rule changes Item 8(c)(i) – Championship Organization Manual Part 1 Item 8(c)(iv) – 2013 Worlds Item 8(c)(ii) and (iii) – Current status and proposals from the MC to the GA Item 8(c)(iv) – Presentation from FRA 470 CA about 2013 Worlds and 50 th Anniversary Celebrations Item 8(c)(v) – Championship Bids from Athens, Pwllheli, Bourgas, Riva del Garda 1 MEMBERS WITH RIGHTS TO VOTE, ATTENDING OR REPRESENTED Delegates in Attendance from start of GAM 470 NCA representatives AUS, BUL, CAN, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, GRE, ISR, JPN, NED**, NZL, QAT, RUS, UKR, USA 16 members present 470 NCAs appointing proxies ROU (to BUL) CYP* (to GRE) 2 members present Individual Members present None Individual Members appointing proxies None Total number of votes present or represented at start of GAM = 399 470 NCA delegates arriving after start of meeting ARG - ARG joined the meeting from Agenda Item 4(b) onwards, so the vote tally increased to 419 from that point * Proxy from CYP was validated by the GA (see Minute 2) ** NED had to leave the GAM and appointed AUS as its proxy for the decisions under items 8(a) (iii), 8(a)(iv), 8(c)(iv), 8(c)(v). Other attendees without rights to vote Management Committee members: Elected: Stanislav Kassarov (President), Nino Shmueli (First Vice-President), Alain Corcuff (Secretary General), Dimitris Dimou, Fernanda Sesto Class Manager: Luissa Smith Invited representatives of the venues bidding to host future 470 Championships. Apologies Martin Steiger (Treasurer) Iulia Negoescu Fulicea (MC Member) Marta Weores (resigning MC Member) Erico Hoffmann The checking of attendance and examination of proxies was performed by the Ad-Hoc Committee (Nino Shmueli and Luissa Smith). The meeting was declared open at 1535 hours by the President Stanislav Kassarov who confirmed that the quorum (16 members present for 14 required) had been reached. 1. WELCOME AND REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT Stanislav Kassarov welcomed the appointed delegates and observers, introduced the Management Committee members and Class Manager. 2 2. REPORT OF THE AD-HOC COMMITTEE The Class Manager reported that, as at the start of the meeting, 16 National Class Associations were present, with an additional 1 NCA represented by proxy, carrying a total of 379 votes. The President advised that three of the NCA's had made bank transfers in respect of their 2010 NCA Annual Fees, but as yet these payments had not been received by 470 Internationale and invited the General Assembly to consider whether they could take a seat and vote at the GAM. Decision With no objections the GAM approved that Cyprus, Italy and Korea could take a seat and vote at the GAM. As a result, CYP having given a proxy to GER, the number of votes became 399. 3. MINUTES OF THE 2009 GENERAL ASSEMBLY (a) Minutes of the 2009 GAM Decision The minutes of the General Assembly meeting held on 21 August 2009, posted on the website, were approved. Vote: 367 in favour, 0 against, 32 abstain = 399 votes (b) 470 By-Laws Article 4.3 – Minute 7(a) The Secretary General explained the situation regarding the approval of By-Law Article 4.3 at the 2009 GAM. The By-Law had been updated accordingly and then the MC discovered that the change proposal had not in fact acquired the simple majority required for approval. The GA considered the paper proposing a new vote to current By-Laws (with the change included). Decision The current By-Laws, including the change to Article 4.3 were approved. Vote: 300 in favour, 32 against, 67 abstain = 399 votes 4. MANAGEMENT REPORTS (a) President's Report – Stanislav Kassarov The meeting noted the report of the President which highlighted the activities undertaken in administration, the new website, sports issues and the significant focus on the class development programmes. The GA noted the resignation of Marta Weores (HUN) due to family commitments and that Kevin Burnham (USA) had been co-opted to the Management Committee. He highlighted the event allocation quotas for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition which were revised by ISAF after intervention by 470 Internationale at the 2009 ISAF November Conference. The importance of 470 Internationale representation at ISAF Meetings was noted. The annual meetings with Sailors' and Coaches' had proved beneficial, with another meeting scheduled during the 2010 470 Worlds. A meeting was also scheduled with the Equipment Manufacturers. 3 Note: The delegate from Argentina joined the meeting from Agenda Item 4(b) forwards and the vote tally was then revised to 419. (b) Technical Committee Chairman Report – Dimitris Dimou Dimitris Dimou reported on the principle activities since the previous meeting, with particular focus on measurement issues, class drawings in digital format, the class technical archive, builder controls, new builders, class measurers and future class developments. He reported on the positive meeting with ISAF in September 2009, during which the digital drawings, technical archive and builder control had been discussed. One of the outcomes of the meeting was that all builders had been requested to submit laminate samples. It was noted that there was no intention to make any technical changes prior to the 2012 Olympic Games. Any changes would be put forward to the GAM 2011, for implementation post-2012. (c) Promotional and Development Report – Iulia Negoescu Fulicea and Fernando Sesto The written report on promotional and development activities was noted. The increased focus on support programmes had been received well by sailors and NCAs, with a range of programmes accessible to all. The schedule of clinics would provide training immediately prior to Championships, and some independent clinics not linked with Championships would be planned in Africa and Asia. The International Solidarity Programme (ISP) and Olympic Solidarity Programme (OSP) would be helping 24 teams from 18 nations in 2010. The Andre Cornu Grant provides a financial award to the boys' and girls' winners of the two-person dinghy events at the 2009 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships to support their participation at the 470 World Championships or 470 Junior World Championships. The Junior Support Programme will be awarded to the two youngest female crews and the youngest male crew participating at the 470 Class Junior World Championships, Qatar. The newest support programme, the 420 Support Programme, which will provide free entry fees to the top 3 boys' teams and top 3 girls' teams competing at the 2010 420 World Championships to compete at either the 2011 470 Junior World Championships or 2011 470 Junior European Championships. (d) Class Championships Organization – Alain Corcuff The GA noted the Class Championship Organization chart, and Alain Corcuff reported on the 2009 Championships and the status of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Championships. As a result of the Regatta Format Questionnaire, the sailors have requested to remain with the regatta format as currently for 470 Championships, and this request has also been passed onto ISAF for ISAF and World Cup Events. The GA noted some of the key changes made by the Management committee to the Championship Manual, including increasing the number of race officials in order to have a minimum of one jury boat and one course representative in each race area. The introduction of a registration fee for coaches, team leaders and team representatives and the increase in entry fees for Junior events from EUR120 to EUR200 was noted. Alain Corcuff concluded his report by advising the GAM that he has informed the Management Committee that he intends to resign as Secretary General, which will happen in the coming weeks in order to give the Management Committee time to 4 organize work and transfer duties. Alain advised that he intended to remain in the Management committee and continue his elected term which ended in 2012. On a proposal by Rick van Wijngaarden (NED), the delegates gave applause of thanks to Alain Corcuff for the many years given to 470 Internationale as Secretary General and the strong platform on which the class is built.